Culture news

Date: the 9th of March, at 7.30 pm

Organ music House in Kharkov presents art-festival "Kharkov-Bachiana 2010", which takes place on the 7th of March. "Germany. Unknown pages" concert opens this event.

Date: 6.03.2010 - 28.03 2010
Opening day is the 6th of March.
Place: arts department of city Lesya Ukrainka library (4 Boshaya Zhitomirskaya street) at 2 pm

Dnepropetrovsk pilot Volodymyr Stepanov was the first in the history of Ukrainian aeronautics man, setting a record for the duration of the flight in a balloon. He became a double record.

Scientists have found a fresco in the nave, which confirms Sophia Cathedral to be older than believed earlier.  Vyacheslav Kornienko, a leading researcher of the museum, made such a discovery

The city planning council at the Regional Development Ministry has recommended that Kyiv City State Administration restore the square at the corner of Pushkinskaya and Khmelnytskoho street in Kyiv where Alliance-Center Ltd. is building a business center. 

In Kiev underground stated that stations' names will be announce by famous politicians, actors and athletes

Date: the 30th of March 2010

At the entrance of the castle tower Zolochiv during last year's hurricane damaged the roof. Now, when the snow melts, all the rooms flooded, the floors have swelled. For reconstruction requires 1 million UAH. Told the director general of the Lviv Art Gallery, Hero of Ukraine Borys Voznitsky.

For some unknown reason, struck a monument to the founders of Kyiv - Kyi, Schek, Horyv and their sister Lybid. As reported in the General Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Kiev, collapsed part of the boat with the figures of the brothers Schek and Horyv.

Legendary bass guitar player from Deep Purple is going to visit Kiev and Odessa to give concerts of the best songs from the famous band repertoire and his own songs.

The name of the film, which is nominated for Oscar, is "Doors". It is dedicated to the Chernobyl accident. It has been shot for 8 days in Pripyat and Kiev

In Rivne blinded highest snowman - more than 6 meters. Snowman standing on the Spartac street. Sculptured figure of students from the Molodizhniy district.

This year, spring will come early and come in three weeks: roughly with the onset of March 8. This forecast today, February 15, gave Lviv marmots Myshko and Marussya, who woke to find the onset of spring.

Date: 17-28 February, 2010

Ukrainian historians are confident that St. Sofia Cathedral of Kyiv was founded by prince Volodymyr the Baptist, who christened Rus in 1011, and built completely by his son Yaroslav the Wise in 1018. Such opinion was expressed at the round table in Kyiv which was dedicated to the issue of fixing the date of building of St. Sofia’s of Kyiv.

Director of the Research Institute of the city, Alexander Sergienko, introduced the rating of the largest cities of Ukraine, the most comfortable for living. In the first place was Odessa. A similar vote in June was presented by the magazine "Focus". Then the first place was occupied Lvov.

According to the Kiev city government, to the observation deck were installed in the telescope. View on Kiev in the pipe can be in the Mariinsky Park, Victory Park and Eternal glory park. Telescope rotates by 320 degrees and enlarges the image 30 times. Watch through it can be both day and night.

Date: 17-27 of February

 On Thursday, the 18th of February, there will be presented a new project of famous painter and playwright Les Poderevyanskiy named "Heroes". This event takes place in Yuriy Kogutyak "Kollaktsia" gallery.

Date: 6-8 of March 2010
Place: Rynok square, Square behind the Opera building and Lvov Art Palace accommodation

Ukrainian short film will fight for the main prize at the Berlinale in Germany. In the competitive program of a short film - 11-minute film "Deafness", directed by Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi.

St. Valentine's Day is a special day for those who decided to visit Kiev Zoo. This day one ticket gives a possibility for 2 persons to visit Zoo!